MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894

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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 285



285.(1) A sea-going passenger steamer shall have her compasses properly
adjusted from time to time, to the satisfaction of the shipwright surveyor and
according to such regulations as may be issued by the Board of Trade.

Subs.(2) rep. by 1932 c.9 s.39 sch.4 Pt.I

(3) A home trade passenger steamer shall be provided with such shelter for the
protection of deck passengers (if any) as the Board of Trade, having regard to
the nature of the passage, the number of deck passengers to be carried, the
season of the year, the safety of the ship, and the circumstances of the case,
require.

(4) A passenger steamer shall be provided with a safety valve on each boiler,
so constructed as to be out of the control of the engineer when the steam is
up, and, if the safety valve is in addition to the ordinary valve, so
constructed as to have an area not less, and a pressure not greater, than the
area of and pressure on the ordinary valve.

(5) If a passenger steamer plies or goes to sea from a port in the United
Kingdom without being equipped as required by this section, then, for each
matter in which default is made, the owner (if in fault) shall be liable [on
conviction on indictment to a fine and on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding #1,000] and the master (if in fault shall be liable [on conviction
on indictment to a fine and on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding
#1,000].

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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 285